Cigarette-cigar



March 19, 1935.

T. ,P. LIM

CIGARETTE-CIGAR Filed Aug. '7, 1933 t INVE6NTOB ICIW P,

ATTORNEY5 a/BY Patented Mar. 19, 1935 Y UNITED STATES PATENT omen- W1,995,068 CIGARETTE-CIGAR Tiaw P. Lim, Manila, Philippine Islands,assignor to Philippine Aromatic Cigarettes Mfg. 00., Manila, P lippineIslands, a corporation of the Philippine Islands Application August 7,1933, Serial No. 684,030 2 Claims. (Cl." 131- 52) The present inventionrelates to a combined tive lightness, to insure an easy drawing of aircigar-cigarette embodying the make-up of a cigcurrents and smoke, by'thesmoker, through the arette, and simulating in appearance the quali--body of the tobacco roll, and also to afford comties possessed by ahigh-grade cigar. In carryparatively free burning, together with combus-5 ing out the invention a core or filler of shredded tion or consumptionof the cigar-cigarette at a 6 tobacco leaves is lightly packed to insurean easy comparatively rapidrate. Thus, because of the draw for thesmoker of the article, and also to lightpacking, this cigar-cigarettemay be conprovide for a freejor comparatively free burning sumed in ashorter period of time than is reof the shredded tobacco, therebyproviding for a quired for the usual tightly packed cigarettaand, 0quickercombustion or consumption of the cigar- Whereas the averagesmoker, as a rule, discards. 10 cigarette than is usually attained withthe tightly his cigarette when only half or one-third conpackedcigarette now in use. Although the filler is sumed, the smoker of, thecigar-cigarette may lightly packed for the above purposes, means arehave, the satisfaction of discarding his smoke at incorporated in thecigar-cigarette to prevent the time it is fully consumed. 1 Ilateral-air-leaks through the wall or covering of The shredded fillermaterial is fed by a suit- 15 the cigar-cigarette, which air-leaksfrequently 0c-' able machine into a tubular, paper case 2, and our inthe cheaper grades of cigars and destroy the case is cut into suitablelengths, depending the utility of the cigar, as well as mar the pleasureupon the desired lengths of the cigar-cigarettes. of the smoker. Thefiller is encased in a tubular, y l g y packing the filler Within h aand paper, casing similar to the make-up of a cigathus economizing inthe quantity of tobacco emrette, which casing contains the lightlypacked pl y d. a hi h rad t a o may be uti iz d in filler and alsoprevents lateral air leaks above rethe filler a less expense thanWouldhe the 00st ferred to, g of a densely packed filler of the samegrade to- The cigar-cigarette of the present invention is 103 0 h insome instances, the filler is comparatively inexpensive in the cost ofmated up Of Various grades qualities 0f 25 rials employed as well as inthe cost of manufacbacco leaves, to provide a natural blend or aromature, when compared with the cost of manufacfor the cigar-cigarette, andthese Various grades ture of cigars and cigarettes, and as an article ofy be s c d r m W l s ason d and treated manufacture it may bemanufactured in various tobacco leaves to insure the different, desiredstandard sizes comparable with the sizes of blends. cigars. In otherinstances, in addition to the natural The invention consists in certainnovel comblend d aroma for'the g t e, n 3 binations and arrangements inthe make-up of tificial flavor may be blended with the natural thecigar-cigarette, as will hereinafter be more blend of the tobacco. Thisartificial flavor is fully set forth and claimed. In the accompanyaddedto the tobacco leaves while the diiferent ing drawing one completeexample of the physigrades are being mixed together in a suitable calembodiment of the invention is shown, but miXer- The artificial flavor,in liquid form is it will be understood that changes and alteraspray d rat mi d v the l av s a th y ar tions may be made in the exemplifiedstructure, be ng d tOgsther, and the flavor is thorough- 40 Within thescope of my claims, without departing ly and uniformly distributedthroughout the mix- 40. from the principles of the invention. ture, toproduce in the completed article a pleas- Figures 1 and 2 are viewsshowing two different ant, attractive, and desirable fragrance to suitsizes of the combined cigar-cigarette of the inthe different tastes ofthe different smokers. vention. During the process of filling the casewith Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the shredded tobaccoleaves, or immediately after article. the tubular case is cut into itsdesired length, the

Figure 4 is an enlarged, detail view, partly in rear end 3 of the papercase is crimped or corsection at the mouth-end of the cigar-cigarette.ug /ted, as indica n g re and the end of Figure 5 is a front end View ofthe cigar-cigthe paper tobacco-roll is tapered and reduced in arette.diameter, as shown, to conform the mouth-end or 50 Figure 6 is atransverse sectional view at line rear end of the cigar-cigarette to theusual shape 6-6 of Figure 2. of a cigar. In carrying out the invention afiller or core 1 By crimping the corrugated end of the cigais employed,and made up of shredded tobacco rette, the shreds of tobacco are moredensely leaves, and this filler is packed with comparapacked at thistapered portion than throughout the body of the paper covered roll, andthis specific packing of the shreds, while not sufficient' to interferewith freedom in drawing through the roll, at the same time provides asupport and retaining means for an excess quantity 4 of the shreddedfiller that is left to project from the rear end of the tapered paperroll, for use in the formation of and for closing the mouth-end of thecigar-cigarette.

The paper from which the tubular case .or tubular roll 2 is fashionedhas a texture that is strong, but light, to prevent the air-leaksheretofore referred to, and the, paper is also of a brownish color ortint that blends, with the color of the filler as well as with the colorof the outer cigar-wrapper 5 that covers the encased roll of shreddedtobacco.

Before the wrapper 5, which is fashioned as a strip from leaf tobacco,is wrapped, spirally on the encased roll, the latter is treated to acoating of vegetable glue, or other suitable adhesive, I by means ofwhich the wrapper is firmly and securely attached to the paper case ofthe roll,,to form a durable or permanent cover forthe roll.

As seen in Figure 4, the mouth-end of the wrapper 5 is wrapped aroundthe end to form a pocket 6 over 7 the projecting shreds 4 of the tobaccoof the paper roll, which pocket completes the tapered mouth-end of thecigar-cigarette.

This mouth-end or tip end is, of course, severed or cut off preparatoryto lighting the cigar-cigarette.

The outer end of the cigar-cigarette, as indicated in Figures 3 and 5 isalso tapered slightly,

, in order that the cigar-cigarette as completed may present the size,shape, and general appearance of a cigar. The outer wrapper 5 is ofcourse fashioned from a tobacco leaf that has been properly stemmed andseasoned, and different grades, as Sumatra wrappers may be employed forthe highest grade, Georgia wrappers for the next best grade, and otherwell known grades may be employed for cigar-cigarettes of inferiorquality and price.

As thus manufactured the cigar-cigarette provides the smoker with asmoking tobacco-roll having some of the characteristics of both a cigarand a cigarette, and while possessing the appearance of a cigar, alsoprovides a smoke of shredded tobacco having certain characteristics ofthe fibers employed in a cigarette. A little cigar-cigarettethe size ofthe standard cigarette burns, quicker than a cigarette, while acigarcigarette having the size of a standard cigar also burns morerapidly and may be consumed to the satisfaction of the smoker in lesstime than required for the consumption of a cigar.

Having thus fully described the-invention, what is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patent is:-

1. An article of manufacture comprising a paper casing and a filler ofshredded tobacco leaves, an excess portionof said filler projectingbeyond the end of the casing, and a spirally wound wrapper oftobacco-leaf covering said casing, the end of said wrapper forming aclosed pocket over said projecting portion of filler.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a paper casing and a filler ofshredded tobacco leaves, said casing having a reduced crimped end andthe filler having an excess portion projecting outside said reduced end,a spirally wound wrapper of tobacco-leaf covering said casing, and anadhesive between said casingand wrapper, the 'end of said wrapperforming a closed pocket over said projecting portion.

TIAW P. LIM.

